Google image search at least used to do this, it scrapes a PNG and turns in to a JPG to show in the search
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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Why is this even a thing? Are people taking screenshots and making them .png out of malice?
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Insidious shit. That makes sense based on all the checkered jpgs I’ve downloaded from there
JenIsBringingTheDrugs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
My guess is image hosts that don’t support transparency and uploaders not realizing until after and/or not bothering to delete it if they find out